Lowell homers twice as Marlins defeat Rangers 10-4

ARLINGTON (AP)  Mike Lowell hit two homers and had four RBIs, and the Florida Marlins scored five runs in the fourth inning to beat the Texas Rangers 10-4 on Sunday night.

It was the third multi-homer game of the season for Lowell, and the seventh of his career. He now has 21 homers this season.

Lowell, who went 3-for-4, had an RBI double in the first inning before hitting a two-run home run in the fourth and a solo shot in the ninth.

Ivan Rodriguez , the former Rangers All-Star, and Luis Castillo had three hits each for the Marlins, who have won three straight road series for the first time since 1999.

Florida bounced back from Saturday night's 13-2 defeat to Texas with its fourth victory in six games.

Marlins starter Mark Redman (5-2) gave up two runs and eight hits over seven innings to remain unbeaten in three road decisions. Redman had four strikeouts and didn't issue a walk.

Rangers starter John Thomson (4-8) retired the game's first two hitters, before the next five Marlins got hits to give Florida a 3-0 lead. He left after 32/3 innings, having given up seven runs on 11 hits.

Texas came back with a two-run second on Hank Blalock's RBI single and Donnie Sadler's sacrifice fly.

The Marlins then pulled away in the fourth.

Florida had runners on second and third when Juan Pierre's groundout scored Todd Hollandsworth. Luis Castillo followed with a double that scored Ryan Banks, who had doubled earlier in the inning. Rodriguez then hit an RBI single to make the score 6-2 and knock Thomson out of the game.

R.A. Dickey came in, and gave up a two-run homer to Lowell on his first pitch.

Dickey walked three straight in the sixth, including Encarnacion with the bases loaded, to make the score 9-2.

Texas right fielder Carl Everett hit a two-run homer, his 17th, in the eighth to narrow Florida's lead to 9-4.